Containing and dispensing vessel.



0. P. KADE.

CONTAINING AND DISPENSING VES$EL APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27. 1907.

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PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

v oneness F. Kane; orsnssovesn,

WISCONSIN CONTAINZNG DISPENSING VESSEL.

Application filed December 2'7, 1907. Serial No. 08,242.

boygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of fi isconsin, have invented new and useful improvements in Containing and Die;- pensing Vessels, of which the -following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in containing and dis )ensing vessels of that class adapted for ho ding syrup or otherliquids and provided with means for successively discharging portions of the liquid contained therein.

Zhe object'of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive construction of ves-' sel of this character so formed and'provided with removable operating parts as to permit ready dis-association of the parts for the purpose of cleansing the same andthe vessel, and in Which the construction is also such as to permit the entire contents of the vessel'to be expelled by the operating or expelling mechanism, which is designed tov eliect the discharge of measured portions of the contents and to adapt the device as a whole to be easily and economically manufactured.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists of the features or con;

struction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the improved containing and dispensing vessel. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionon the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a containing and dispensing vessel which may beconstructed of any suitable material and of any desired form, and size, but. which is preferably of oblong rectangulariorni, as shown. The vessel l is, provided along the upper edges of its sides withflanges 2, adapting it to be slidably supported; vor suspendedin a soda fountain in any-suitable manner. Locate'd at the lower front portion of the vessel is a well or plunger chamber 3, which projects beyond. the front wall of the vessel and opens at its rear end in the plane of said wall into the containing chamber formed-by the body of the vessel. This well is designed to be filled with liquid flowing thereto by grav- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

ity from the vessel. The lower wall 4-01 bottom of the vessel slopes or inclines gradually downwardly and forwardly to said plunger chamber, thus disposing the latter at the lowest point of the vessel, thus allowing the contents of the vessel to flow into the well or plunger chamber until. such contents are fully and entirely discharged.

Projecting upwardly from the plunger chamber 3 1s a discharge spout 5 arranged inmadvance of the front wall of the vessel and having a downwardly bent upper end 6 which terminates about on a level with the upper portion of the vessel. The said discharge spout is supported and braced adjacent to its u per end by means of a bracket arm 7 fixed at one end to the wall of thewessel and formed-at its outer end with an eye or hearing 8 in which the spout is free vto turn for application andremoval. The spout is formed with an externally threaded lower end 9 engaging a screw threaded aperture 10 in the upper portion of the plunger chamber 3. The discharge spout is thus adapted to be readily removed from engagement with the plunger chamber and the bracket 7 when it is desired to clean the same.

From the foregoing description, it will be, apparent that the syrup or other liquid contents of the vessel fl will. feed by gravity to the .well orplunger chamber 3, which is of sufficient size to contain a prescribed quantity to be discharged at a time. In order to effect the successive discharges. of poi tions of the contents of the (prescribed quantity, a plunger 11 is provi ed to accurately fit the chamber 3 and to be forced forwardly therein to expel the entire content s thereof through. the discharge spout 5. A lever 12 is employed to operate the plunger, and is fulcrumed on a removable transverse pin- 13 extending across and enga ing. openings in th e side walls of the vesselat the upper forward end of the latter. The lever is compoundly curved to provide an, upper short arm 14 and. a lower relatively longer arm 15. The upper arm 14 carries a; knob, finger piece or handle 16 by which the ,le ver may be rocked on its fulcrum to project and retract the plunger, and exwhen the plunger is in retracted position.

Tllhe. arm 15 of the lever has a gradual downwardand rearward curvature from the fulcrum in 13 and is provided at its lowerlend with a goose-neck or downwardly and forwardly curved extension 17, to which the plunger 11 is'pivotally connected, as shown at 18.

In operation, the plunger and lever are normally disposed in the position shown in Fig; 1, in which the plunger '11 rests upon the/bottom 4 of the vessel in rear of the mouth of the well or plunger chamber 3, so

that-the liquid contents of the vessel may;

flow into said chamber. l Vhen it is desired to ex el that taine within t e plunger chamber, the arm 14 of the lever is forced rcarwar dly by means of the handle 16, whereby the arm 15 of the lever will be moved in a forward direct-ion,thus forcing the plunger 11 into and along the full length of the plunger chamber 3 to expel its contents through the s' out 5. 15 and its extension 1-7 adapts the plunger 11 to have a full forward rejection into the well beyond the front wal of-the. container body, since the extension 17 is adapted to vessel, in prescribed quantities at a time,

may be successively discharged until the entire" amount of liquid contained in the vessel is exhausted. The construction and arrangement of the plunger chamber and plunger mechanism is also such that when the vessel is nearly empty and the syrup is consequently low in the discharge spout 5,

s up in the spout an discharge the same th erefrom. AsalLof-tlie syrup or liquid in the vessel will drain into the chamber 3, the entire contents of the vessel may be expelled, as will be readily under'stoo 1 By removably mounting thefspout and plunger mechanism these parts may be readilyand conveniently detached from the vessel, thereby allowing all of the parts of the device as a whole to be readily and con-.

veniently cleaned, and as these elements are ofa simple construction the ve'ssel maybe manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

ortion of the contents con- The'curved form of thclever arma single stroke of the plunger will raise the" Hat in thus fully described the invention, what is claimed asnew is '1. A liquid containing and dispensing apparatus comprising an oblong rectangular vessel having a downwardly and forwardly sloping bot-tom wall and formed at its lower forward end with a plunger chamber or well arranged wholly in advance of the front wall of the vessel and opening at its rear end into the body thereof, a discharge spout sup-I ported at the front of the vessel and com municating at its lower end with the plunger chamber, aplunger adapted for operation in said plunger chamber, and an operating lever pivotally supported upon the body of the vessel and having a' lower downwardly and forwardly curved end pivotally connected with the plunger and'adapted upon the forward movement thereof to enter the plunger chamber.

2. A liquid containing and dispensing apparatus comprising an oblong rectangular vessel having a downwardly and forwardly sloping. bottom and provided at the lower front end thereof with a forwardly extending well or plunger chamber, rojecting wholly in advance of the front wal of the vessel and opening at itsrear end into the latter, a disc arge spout reniovably. mounted, at the front end of the vessel and communicating with the plunger chamber, a transverse fulcrum pin removably mounted at the upper front portion of the vessel, a plun er adapted to operate in the plunger cham er, and/a lever mounted on said-fulcrum'pin and having an upper forwardly curved arm provided 'with operating means and a lower downwardly and rea-rwar dly curvedv arm, said arm being provided at its lower end with a forwardly and downwardly curved extension pivotally connected with the plunger.

3,. A liquid containing and dispensing'device comprising an oblong rectangular vessel having a downwardly and forwardly sloping bottom wall and provided at its lower forward end with a forwardly extending," integral plunger chamber .or well, a discharge spout ppon the exterior of the vessel and leading from the well, a plunger adapted when retracted to move into the-bodyand to be projected into said plunger'chamber,

and alever pivotally supportedat the front of the vessel and 'p1vo'tally' connected at its lower and to the plunger, the said lowerend of the plunger being curved-or offset forwardly to enter said Well.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses a CHARLES F. KADE.

Witnesses:

A. J DE SMIAT, A, Emm 

